Polymer

Polymer

1. MONOMER

   • Are formed by the chemical bonding of oil and gas molecules
     • These bind to long chains forming polymers

2. TYPES

   • SYNTHETIC
     • Industrially obtained through the management of organic monomers and were created by man to satisfy specific needs.
       • cars, toys, paintings, furniture and rubber goods.
   • NATURAL
     • Natural polymers are those that come from nature
       • DNA chains, proteins, cellulose, starches

3. CARACTERISTICS

   • Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules.
   • Some polymers bend and stretch, like rubber and polyester.
   • Hermann Staudinger, he coined two terms that are key to understanding polymers: polymerization and macromolecules.
   • Most polymer chains have a string of carbon atoms as a backbone.

4. POLYMERIZATION

   • Is the method of creating synthetic polymers by combining smaller molecules, called monomers, into a chain held together by covalent bonds

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